Legal Aid
In 2017, 20,864 lawyers were appointed under the system of legal aid as free lawyers (14,479 in criminal cases / 5,915 in civil cases / 141 before the Constitutional Court of Austria / 267 before the Supreme Administrative Court / 62 before the administrative courts) in Austria. The services rendered under legal aid in 2017 were barely EUR 41 million.
Legal Aid Statistics 2017
| Bar | Appointments | Fees charged |
|---|---|---|
| Burgenland | 506 | € 1.130.744,10 |
| Carinthia | 919 | € 1.972.047,04 |
| Lower Austria | 3.219 | € 5.052.345,11 |
| Upper Austria | 2.766 | € 5.101.757,68 |
| Salzburg | 1.394 | € 2.984.099,44 |
| Styria | 2.313 | € 5.487.044,86 |
| Tyrol | 1.507 | € 5.279.284,77 |
| Vorarlberg | 868 | € 2.965.929,63 |
| Vienna | 7.372 | € 11.680.360,02 |
| Total | 20.864 | € 41.653.612,65 |